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Can Nose Picking Raise the Risk of Alzheimer’s and Dementia?

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Fact Checked

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  • Surveys show that most people pick their nose, which researchers have found increases the risk of Chlamydia pneumoniae traveling along the olfactory nerve to the brain in an animal model

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